Henry le fevee sanders



(No Model.)

H. LE P. SANDERS.

. GARRIAGE CURTAIN FASTENING.

No. 350,846. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. Phnlo-Ulhagraphcr. mamm, D. c.

Unrrsn STATES HENRY llE FEVRE SANDERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTENING.

315:1? forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,846, dated October 12, 1886.

r-\pplicaticn filed December 9, 1985. Serial No. 185,145. (Yo model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hi-JXRY Ln Fnvun SAN .DERS, of New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carriage-(Jurtain Fastcniugs, of which the following is a descriptiou.

This invention is an improved curtain-fastening, and has for an object to provide a simple convenient; means by which the shrinking of the curtain may be compensated for by an adjustment of the fiisteningcarnving bar, substantially as set forth.

The invention consistsin certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my device and a section of the curtain. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on lines a, Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 shows a modification.

The curtain A is shown with a button-hole, a, and the fastening attachment is shown secured on one of the rails or standards A of a carriage. After the carriagecurtains have been used a short time they often shrink, so as to render it impossible to button them down without tearing-out: or enlarging the holes, giving a bad appearance to the vehicle. This difficulty in fastening is very inconvenient, especially so in case of a sudden shower of rain, when it is desired to lower the curtains as quickly as possible. To avoid this difficulty, I provide a bar carrying a fastening and ad- 7 just-able longitudinally, so it may be set to compensate for the shrinkage of the curtain.

My invention is preferably carried out by means of the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In this construction a socket-piece, B, is provided with ears Z), or other suitable constructions, by which it may be secured to the rail A, or, if desired, to the curtain A. This socket has a slot, 7/, and the bar 0 is movable longitudinally through it below such slot. This bar is provided with an opening, (3, and the clamping-screw 1) turns through the slot 7/ and into the opening 0. This clamp has a shoulder, (7, which bears on the top of the socket on opposite sides of the slot (1 when the screw is tightened. By this construction thescrew may belooscned and the fastening-bar adjusted longitudinally, and secured at any desired point by the screw.

The bar 0 is provided at its outerend with a button, C; or, if desired, such button may be replaced by a ring operating as a button-hole. It is preferred to corrugatc the meeting faces of the fastening bar and the socket, so that said parts may bind. more firmly when clamped together.

It Will be understood that while the clamp is preferably a screw, as shown, it might be a. bent lever, as shown in Fig. 3, having an angle, d, which will bind against the outer side of the socket in the operation of the lover, or other suitable clamping device may be employed without departing from the broad principles of my invention.

Manifestly the fastening devices might be secured to the curtain, instead of the carriage frame, and it will be understood that when the fastening-bar is provided with a button the part to be engaged will have a ring or buttonhole, and vice versa.

IIeretofore curtain-cord fasteners have been used comprising aslotted frame or plate, a screw having its shank extended through the slot in the frame, and a nut turning on the end of the shank, a pulley for the curtain-cord be ing supported on the shank between the frame and the nut. In case such a construction should be used for a carriage-curtain fastening, the nut which in said construction serves as the clamp would be the button for the curtain. Manifestly this would render the device i1u practicable, as in a button shaped and of a size as required for carriagecurtains sufficient power could. not be applied by the fingers to clamp the button as would be necessary to withstand the natural stress of the curtain. I do not claim the cord-tightener construction as my invention, as in my device the button is not a clamp and cannot be detached for any purpose, and the desired clamping action is secured by devices independent of the button.

Herctofore a carriage-curtain fastening has been employed comprising a carrier plate or case, a wedge-shaped slide movable in said ease and provided with a threaded shank which extends through an opening in the curtain, and is secured thereto by a nut turning on such shank and bearing against the curtain on the side thereof opposite the slide. This said slide is also provided with apin or stud, which, entering one of a series of openings in the case, secures the slide at any point of adjustment when stress is exerted against said slide. In the use of this construction to let down the curtains each of the beads or nuts must be unscrewed, requiring a great deal of time, and the nuts are likely to become lost or mislaid. I do not claim this lastdescribed construction as my invention, which differs therefrom in that the button is not clamped to the curtain, but simply engages the same, which latter may be quickly released when desired. My fasteningbar may also be secured and held at all times at any desired point, and will not dangle about when the curtain is released. My button can also bekept exact] y where the button-hole will reach it, and in case of further shrinkage of the curtain after the button is once set the button may be adjusted to even the slightest degree, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. As a new and improved article of manufacture, acarriage-curtain fastening consisting of the receivingbar provided with a fastening and having an opening, a, formed through it, a case'fitted to receive and permit the longitudinal movement of the bar, and a clamp threaded into opening 0, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the case 13, providedwith slot 7/, the fastening-bar movable longitudinally in said case and provided with a but- 3 5 ton, O, and a clamp whereby to secure the bar to the casein any desired adjust1nent,and having a partprojccted through slot 12, substantially as set forth.

3. The improved carriage-curtain fastening herein described, consisting of the socketed case 13, having slot Z), the fastening-bar C, having button 0 and opening 0, and the clamping-screw turned through slot 1) and threaded into opening a, and having its shoulder d bearing upon the case on opposite sides of slot 1), substantially as set forth.

HENRY LE raven SANDERS.

\Vitnesses:

LEONARD D.

DAVIS,

ANNIE J. SANDERS. 

